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An introduction to cardiovascular physiology /
An Introduction to Cardiovascular Physiology.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Boston :
Butterworths,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; An Introduction to Cardiovascular Physiology; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Overview of the cardiovascular system; 1.1 Diffusion: its virtues and limitations; 1.2 Functions of the cardiovascular system; 1.3 Circulation of blood; 1.4 Cardiac output and its distribution; 1.5 Introducing some hydraulic considerations:pressure and flow; 1.6 Structure and functional classification of blood vessels; 1.7 Plumbing of the vascular circuits; 1.8 Central control of the cardiovascular system; Chapter 2. Cardiac cycle; 2.1 Gross structure of the heart.
- 2.2 Mechanical events of the cardiac cycle2.3 Atrial cycle and central venous pressure cycle; 2.4 Effect of heart rate on phase duration; 2.5 Clinical aspects of the human cardiac cycle; Chapter 3. Cardiac excitation and contraction; 3.1 Ultrastructure of the work cell; 3.2 Mechanism of contraction; 3.3 Resting membrane potential of a work cell; 3.4 Action potential of a work cell; 3.5 Excitation-contraction coupling and the calcium cycle; 3.6 Pacemaker and conduction system; 3.7 Nodal electricity; 3.8 Nervous control of heart rate; 3.9 Effect of selected extracellular factors; 3.10 Summary.
- Chapter 4. Electrocardiography4.1 Principle of electrocardiography; 4.2 Relation of ECG waves to cardiac action potentials; 4.3 Standard limb leads; 4.4 Cardiac dipole; 4.5 Vector sequence; 4.6 Why the QRS complex is complex; 4.7 Electrical axis of the heart; 4.8 Palpitations: benign or bad?; Chapter 5. Assessment of cardiac output; 5.1 Fick's principle and the measurement of cardiac output; 5.2 Indicator dilution and thermal dilution methods; 5.3 Pulsed Doppler method; 5.4 Examination of the peripheral pulse; 5.5 Radionuclide angiography and other methods.
- Chapter 6. Control of stroke volume and cardiac output6.1 Control of stroke volume; 6.2 Contractile properties of isolated cardiac muscle; 6.3 Starling's l aw of the heart; 6.4 Stroke work and the pressure-volume loop; 6.5 Control of ventricular filling and central venous pressure; 6.6 Operation of Starling's law in man; 6.7 Effects of arterial pressure on stroke volume; 6.8 Regulation of contractile force by extrinsic factors; 6.9 Coordinated control of cardiac output; 6.10 Cardiac energetics and metabolism; 6.11 Summary; Chapter 7. Haemodynamics: pressure, flow and resistance.
- 7.1 Some hydraulic principles7.2 Nature of flow in blood vessels; 7.3 Measurement of blood flow; 7.4 Haemodynamics in arteries; 7.5 Vascular resistance; 7.6 Pressure-flow curves for entire vascular beds; 7.7 Haemodynamics in veins; Chapter 8. Solute transport between blood and tissue; 8.1 Microvessel heterogeneity and density; 8.2 Structure of exchange vessels; 8.3 Transport processes:diffusion, reflection and convection; 8.4 Measurement of capillary permeability; 8.5 Classes of solute. I: Lipidsoluble molecules.